Stage names:
| Arashi Sanjûrô II |  |
| Arashi Tomimatsu | |
Line number: NIDAIME (II)
Poetry name: Rogi
Existence: ??? ~ 20 May 1750
Connection:
Father: Arashi Sanjûrô I
Nephew: Arashi Sanjûrô III
Career:
Before 1720: son of Arashi Sanjûrô I, his first stage name is Arashi Tomimatsu.
November 1727: Arashi Sanjûrô I and his son Arashi Tomimatsu respectively take the names of Arashi Sanjûrô I (using a new writing with the "mountain" ideogram for san) and Arashi Sanjûrô II (using the classic writing with the "three" ideogram for san); the new Sanjûrô becomes both tachiyaku and zamoto, producing at the Kado no Shibai the kaomise drama "Onna Kabuki Chiyo no Hajime".
September 1729: Sanjûrô produces at the Kado no Shibai the drama "Keisei Oki no Ishi", which celebrates the shûmei of Yoshizawa Ayame II.
November 1729: Sanjûrô produces at the Kado no Shibai the kaomise drama "Banzai Kogane Tsukuri"; his stage partners are Nakayama Shinkurô I, Yoshizawa Ayame II, Yamashita Kinsaku I, Kirinoya Gonjûrô I, Sakurayama Shirosaburô I, Nakamura Sôjûrô and Fujii Hanamatsu.
November 1730: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Jûnai in the kaomise drama "Meotogura Wagô no Nakatomi", which is produced by Iwai Hanshirô III; his stage partners are Nakayama Shinkurô I, Anegawa Shinshirô I, Kirinoya Gonjûrô I, Sakurayama Shirosaburô I, Yamashita Kinsaku I, Sanogawa Hanazuma I, Hanagiri Toyomatsu I and Izumikawa Sennosuke.
December 1731: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Takashima Kimpeiji in the kaomise drama "Ôyamato Wagô no Tsuchi", which is produced by Iwai Hanshirô III.
January 1732: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô (superior - superior). He shares the same rank with Nakamura Shirogorô II, Kirinoya Tôkurô and Iwai Hanshirô III.
November 1732: Sanjûrô plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Umeyama Matsutarô in the kaomise drama "Mitsu no Hama Kogane no Irie", which is produced by Arashi San'emon III.
January 1733: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent).
November 1733: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Genji Rokujûjô".
January 1734: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent).
November 1736: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Furômon Kon no Shikigawara"; his stage partners are Nakayama Shinkurô I (the zamoto), Arashi San'emon III, Sanogawa Hanazuma I, Yamashita Matatarô I, Nakamura Jûzô I and Fujikawa Heikurô.
November 1737: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Fukakusa-no-In Sannô no Maki", which is produced by Nakayama Shinkurô I.
November 1738: Heikurô plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of the rônin Takazuka Hikokurô in the kaomise drama "Sanpukutsui Kogane no Ichigura", which is produced by Nakamura Jûzô I.
January 1741: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent). He shares the same rank with Ôtani Hiroji I, Anegawa Shinshirô I, Ichiyama Sukegorô I, Nakamura Shingorô I, Nakamura Jûzônbsp;I and Yamamoto Kyôshirô I.
January 1743: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is only one black stroke below jô-jô-kichi [visual]. He plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Yagi Gonroku in the drama "Kurofune Isse Ichidai Otoko", which is produced by Anegawa Shinshirô I [casting].
November 1744: Sanjûrô produces at the Kado no Shibai the kaomise drama "Yamazaki Yojibei Imayô Sugata".
November 1745: Sanjûrô produces at the Kado no Shibai the kaomise drama "Murakami Genji Kogane no Niiyakata".
December 1745: the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" is performed for the first time in Ôsaka, simultaneously in the three major theaters of the city; Sanjûrô plays the role of Danshichi Kurobei at the Kado no Shibai [casting].
November 1747: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Kogane Hana Michinoku Jikki".
January 1748: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is back to jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
December 1748: the play "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged for the first time in August 1748 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza, is adapted to Kabuki for the first time, in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai; Sanjûrô plays the roles of Ôboshi Yuranosuke and Hayano Kampei [casting].
November 1749: Sanjûrô plays at the Ônishi no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Kotobuki Kogane no Kachi Ikusa", which is produced by Mimasu Daigorô I.
20 May 1750: Sanjûrô dies in Ôsaka.
Comments:
Arashi Sanjûrô II was a popular tachiyaku actor, who achieved fame for himself in Ôsaka during the first half of the 18th century. He excelled in jidaimono dramas, especially in jitsugoto or budôgoto roles.
He was recorded in the "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten" as being the master of Arashi San'emon VI. It was not possible for one reason: Arashi Sanjûrô II died in 1750, 10 years before the birth of Arashi San'emon VI.
Arashi Sanjûrô II (top/right) and Yoshizawa Ayame II (bottom/left) playing the roles of Takeda Kiyonobu and the keisei Sonohara in the kaomise drama "Shinra Genji Shimada Gumpô", which was staged in November 1740 at the Naka no Shibai